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Women in the Sri Lanka Navy were taken for the first time in 1985; [61] For women in the Sri Lanka Navy, there is no separate branch or department. Women can join both as officers and sailors. Today women are recruited to both the regular and volunteer forces. At first limited to the medical branch, currently females are able to join some other ...
Sri Lanka Marine Corps was founded by Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, the former Chief of Defence Staff of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. [8] and Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy. In 2016, Vice Admiral Wijegunaratne was able to take part in the US Pacific Command Amphibious Leaders Symposium in San Diego, California.
The Sri Lanka Army is the oldest and largest of Sri Lanka's three armed services. Established as the Royal Ceylon Army in 1949, it was renamed when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. The Army of approximately 255,000 regular and reserve personnel including 90,000 National Guardsmen and is responsible for overseeing land-based military and ...
Sri Lanka Police (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පොලීසිය, romanized: Śrī Laṁkā Polīsiya; Tamil: இலங்கை காவல், romanized: Ilaṅkai Kāval) is the civilian national police force of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The police force is responsible for enforcing criminal and traffic ...
Operation of a Civil Security Department Headquarters. The numbers employed increased to 41,500 from just 19,200 and a month-long military training regime under Army and Navy Instructors was introduced. Further, two types of uniforms (similar to military uniforms) were issued to guardsmen.
This category contains articles about the government departments of the Government of Sri Lanka. For articles about other bodies controlled by the Sri Lankan government see: Category:Government ministries of Sri Lanka; Category:Government agencies of Sri Lanka
Women in Sri Lanka make up to 52.09% of the population according to the 2012 census of Sri Lanka. [7] Sri Lankan women have contributed greatly to the country's development, in many areas. Historically, a masculine bias has dominated Sri Lankan culture , although woman have been allowed to vote in elections since 1931 . [ 8 ]
Minister of Health and Women's Affairs [30] [31] A. H. M. Fowzie: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 1994: D. B. Wijetunga: Minister of Health and Social Services [32] Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Health, Highways and Social Services [33] [34] John Seneviratne: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 October 2000: Minister of Health [35] [36] P. Dayaratna ...